pibling
Syllables: pib·ling/ˈpɪblɪŋ/
pibling noun: used especially as a gender-neutral term: the sibling or sibling-in-law of one's parent; one’s uncle or aunt.
Noun
pibling (plural piblings)
- Used especially as a gender-neutral term: the sibling or sibling-in-law of one's parent; one’s uncle or aunt.
- Are you someone's stepsibling, pibling, great grandfather, step father, mother, niece, aunt, brother, nibling, grandchild, grandmother, brother-in-law, great aunt, son, daughter, first cousin, or nephew? […] For his High Line commission, New York-based artist Darren Bader presents chess: relatives...2017 May 23, “High Line Art: Darren Bader: chess: relatives”, in e-flux, archived from the original on 23 May 2017
- We measured a [representing assortative mating] repeatedly, comparing the correlations of piblings (parents' siblings; avuncular relatives) with those of piblings-in-law[…]; first cousins with first-cousins-in-law[…]; and first-cousins-once-removed with first-cousins-once-removed-in-law[…].2018 November, J. Graham Ruby [et al.], “Estimates of the Heritability of Human Longevity are Substantially Inflated due to Assortative Mating”, in Genetics, volume 210, number 3, Bethesda, Md....
Synonyms of pibling
Forms of pibling
| plural | piblings |
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Origin of pibling
Blend of parent (noun) + sibling (noun).
Words that rhyme with pibling
Questions about pibling
- What does pibling mean?
- Pibling means used especially as a gender-neutral term: the sibling or sibling-in-law of one's parent; one’s uncle or aunt.
- What part of speech is pibling?
- Pibling is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pibling?
- Pibling is pronounced /ˈpɪblɪŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of pibling?
- The plural of pibling is piblings.
Words near pibling in the dictionary
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